“So how am I? Where am I? Dear, love…I feel a kind of quiet, layered between nerves and guilt and curiosity…and hope...” from journal, September 5, 2022 So how am I? Where am I? Dear, love…Today, I feel a similar quiet, peaceful in my deeps, hopeful in my heart beats. Autumn is showing her strength… Continue reading FALL EQUINOX
Tag: Pelee Island
Summah-time…Notes from Summer House Shields
July has cometh! Currently, I'm engaged in a common summertime Shields' family past time - the kids, the dog and I are in my bed each on our own devices (yikes). We are pyjama-clad and snoozy...the kids watching movies while I write on my laptop. I can smell the wet grass and soggy soil on… Continue reading Summah-time…Notes from Summer House Shields
Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
With grand thanks to Patricia Fell and her team, I have once again been invited to be a part of the Pelee Island Music Series. Yay! This year, I get to do a workshop as well as a poetry reading. Double yay! The workshop is FREE! Although, it does cost to get over to the… Continue reading Summer Writing Workshop – Pelee Island! Join Me!
Pelee Island – Writing, Reading & Living Poetry
This was what I saw if I stood at the front of The Gathering Place, the bed & breakfast I stayed at on Pelee Island the weekend of August 10th. Owned and operated by the gracious and lovely Miss Liz (who inspired me to start wearing a sassy scarf again), The Gathering Place was the… Continue reading Pelee Island – Writing, Reading & Living Poetry
VANESSA SHIELDS 